| Date | Topic |
Readings |
| Inheritance: Why
do we look so much like our parents, but yet different? |
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| 2/7 |
Introduction: Syllabus,
the goals fo the course etc.. What is genetics? Why study genetics? |
prologue |
| 2/10
ppt 2/12 ppt 2/14 ppt |
Mendelian Inheritance and
its complexities |
Ch1, Ch2 |
| 2/17
ppt 2/19 ppt 2/21 ppt |
How we inherit: Cell division
and our chromosomes, Linkage and Mapping |
Ch3, Ch4(through p. 125) |
| The Gene: What is
it? What does it do? |
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| 2/24
ppt 2/26 ppt 2/28 ppt |
How we inherit: Linkage and
Mapping DNA replication and recombination |
Ch4, Ch5 |
| 3/3
ppt 3/5 ppt |
DNA
replication and recombination Mutation: How does this affect our genes? EXAM 3/7
|
Ch5, begin Ch6 |
| 3/10
ppt 3/12 ppt 3/14 ppt |
Mutation: How does this affect
our genes? Gene expression: Transcription and translation |
Ch6 Ch7 |
| DNA technology:
How can we use technology today to better understand genetics? |
||
| 3/17 ppt |
Gene
expression: Transcription and translation (your talks) |
Ch
7 |
| 3/24-3/28 | SPRING BREAK |
|
| 3/31 ppt 4/2 ppt 4/4 ppt |
Gene
expression review Genomes |
Ch
7 Ch11-13 |
| The eukaryotic and
prokaryotic genomes: What are they composed of and how are they regulated? |
||
| 4/7 ppt 4/9 ppt |
Genomes EXAM 4/11
|
Ch11-13 |
| 4/14 ppt 4/18 ppt |
DNA
technology: Cloning, PCR, Hybridizations, Genotyping,
Sequencing, Gene mapping |
Ch8-10 |
| 4/21 |
EASTER BREAK |
|
| 4/23 ppt 4/25 ppt |
DNA technology: Cloning, PCR, Hybridizations, Genotyping, Sequencing, Gene mapping | Ch8-10 |
| 4/28 ppt 4/30 ppt 5/2 ppt |
DNA technology: Cloning, PCR, Hybridizations, Genotyping,
Sequencing, Gene mapping Homework#6 figure |
Ch8-10 |
| 5/5 ppt 5/7 ppt Lab word |
DNA
technology: Cloning, PCR, Hybridizations, Genotyping,
Sequencing, Gene mapping EXAM 5/9
|
Ch8-10 |
| 5/12 ppt 5/14 ppt |
The
genetics of cancer |
Ch17 |
| 5/19 |
FINAL EXAM! |
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